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Dah's Brudder Sims! Dast slam yo' Bible shet

An' lef' dat man alone – kase he's de boss

Ob all de preachahs ev' I come across!

Day's no twis' in dat gospil book, I bet,

Ut Brudder Sims cain't splanify, an' set

You' min' at eaze! W'at's Moses an' de Laws?

W'at's fo'ty days an' nights ut Noey toss

Aroun' de Dil-ooge? – W'at dem Chillen et

De Lo'd rain down? W'at s'prise ole Joney so

In dat whale's inna'ds? – W'at dat laddah mean

Ut Jacop see? – an' wha' dat laddah go? —

Who clim dat laddah? – Wha' dat laddah lean? —

An' wha' dat laddah now? "Dast chalk yo' toe

Wid Faith," sez Brudder Sims, "an' den you know!"